“It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.”

— Betty Friedan · Life quote

“It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.”

— BETTY FRIEDAN

Writer & Feminist Activist · 1921 – 2006

American writer whose The Feminine Mystique (1963) is credited with igniting the second wave of feminism. She co-founded the National Organization for Women in 1966 and served as its first president.

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